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    Swan Lake

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    that was dancing professionally instead of accruing dance performance experience for the possibility of a future career. Swan Lake is a ballet that consist of four acts. It is based from a German fairy tale. It contains music from Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The first performance of Swan Lake was in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre It was held on May 4‚ 1877. The choreographer was Julius Reisigner. It was not successful. Swan Lake was Peter’s first ballet‚ Swan Lake is considered by many to be one

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    First performed in Saint Petersburg‚ Russia‚ the classic Christmas ballet‚ The Nutcracker has been shown for over 100 years. The composer‚ Peter Tchaikovsky‚ and choreographer Marius Petipa teamed up to create a timeless production as an adaptation of E.T.A. Hoffman’s tale "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." This pair had previously worked together on another classical ballet‚ Sleeping Beauty. Despite the great fame of the ballet today‚ The Nutcracker was not a success right away. It’s first production

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    1812 Overture

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    The 1812 Overture‚ composed by Peter Tchaikovsky is the most widely regonized piece of classical music. The 1812 Overture was written to commerate the victory of Russia in the Napoleonic War in 1812. The defeat of this battle marked the start of the long and disastrous retreat that destroyed Napoleon and his army. In 1880‚ the Russian composer Tchaikovsky was commissioned to write an uplifting and patriotic piece to immortalize Napoleon’s defeat and celebrate the liberation of the Russians. Cannons

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    Concert Report

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    SACRAMENTO ORCHESTRA‚ FREEBORN HALL On Sunday‚ May 23‚ 1993 at 8:00 p.m. the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra performed four pieces by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The program included the Festival Overture on the Danish National Anthem‚ Op. 15‚ the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major‚ Op. 35‚ the Serenade for Strings in C Major‚ Op. 48‚ and the Capriccio Italien‚ Op. 45. Geoffrey Simon conducted and William Barbini appeared as concertmaster and soloist. Although I was impressed by the

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    in 1929‚ and has provided world-class symphonic music for audiences around the region for 87 years. On Saturday‚ May 28‚ 2016 they performed their season closing “Finale Bravura”‚ which featured Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Magic Flute Overture”‚ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations”‚ David Popper’s “Hungarian Rhapsody”‚ and Antonin Dvorak’s “Symphony No. 8”‚ at the California Theatre of Performing Arts with the help of Russian cellist Ruslan Biryukov. I had the opportunity to experience this

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    Based on Alexander Pushkin’s 1833 short story‚ Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic work is a musically idiosyncratic mixture of his recognizable orchestral style with elements of pastiche. Not renowned as a composer of opera‚ Tchaikovsky had hit a bullseye with a previous Pushkin adaptation‚ Eugene Onegin in 1879. Admitting an irresistible attraction to operatic form in spite of his inability to master it‚ the maestro used the folk origins of Pushkin’s verse novel to present a series of interlinked

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    Music in Our Life

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    musicals‚ you also enjoy the music that is a part of it. Dancing and music cannot be separated. When people dance‚ they usually need appropriate music to company. Tchaikovsky is one of the greatest composers in the world‚ and his famous work "Swan Lake" is created for the ballet. We almost can say that the ballet dancing gave Tchaikovsky inspirations to write the music. Of course‚ other activities are all important for a culture. My favorite style of music is pop music‚ because it is breathtaking

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    The Nutcracker

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    Nutcracker online for my first choice in my performance paper. This magnificent piece was composed by Peter Llyich Tchaikovsky during the Romantic period in 1892. This performance is performed by about 12 Ballerinas with the music being played in the background. “The Waltz of the Flowers” is actually ACT II from The Nutcracker‚ which is a very well known and amazing song. Tchaikovsky wrote this piece about a young girl named Clara that cannot wait for Christmas morning to arrive. She spends the whole

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    Music Concert Review

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    concert. The atmosphere of the venue was good. The orchestra played 5 songs totally‚ which were Dvorak carnival overture‚ Chopin Piano Concerto No.2‚ Mussorgsky Khovanshchina Prelude to Act One‚ Prokofiev Five selections from Romeo and Juliet‚ and Tchaikovsky 1812 overture. Among these five pieces I like the 1812 overture most‚ its historical background is Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. Beginning with the hymn "God Preserve Thy People" played by cellos and violas‚ the strings played softly and sadly

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    There are two different musics between Peter and the Wolf and Montagues & Capulets from Sergei Prokofiev. Prokofiev is a prominent composer of Russia. Since he was young‚ he showed exceptional musical talent. He composed Peter and Wolf for children and Montagues & Capulets with Radlov. This is the first soviet ballet to find the classical literature. Montagues & Capulets is composed of narrator and orchestra. it is also called Romeo & Juliet. The Ballets of Sergei Prokofiev have deep emotional

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